Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Where have I not heard that before?

Music-

Definitely a topic for exploration. I found this list online of 100 all-time best rock-and-roll songs. What do you think? What other music should I definitely hear in 2011?


#100: "Heroes" by David Bowie 1977

#99: "I Fought the Law" by Bobby Fuller Four 1966

#98: "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers 1971

#97: "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals 1964

#96: "Mr. Tambourine Man" by The Byrds 1965

#95: "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin 1969

#94: "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield 1967

#93: "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969

#92: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by The Rolling Stones 1969

#91: "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane 1967

#90: "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas & the Papas 1965

#89: "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green 1971

#88: "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder 1973

#87: "Purple Haze" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967

#86: "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. 1991

#85: "The Boxer" by Simon & Garfunkel 1970

#84: "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor 1970

#83: "White Room" by Cream 1968

#82: "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac 1977

#81: "Baba O'Riley" by The Who 1971

#80: "Everyday People" by Sly & the Family Stone 1969

#79: "Sixty Minute Man" by The Dominoes 1951

#78: "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová 2006

#77: "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown 1965

#76: "Smokestack Lightnin'" by Howlin' Wolf 1956

#75: "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" by The Beatles 1965

#74: "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley 195

#73: "Dream On" by Aerosmith 1973

#72: "Respect" by Aretha Franklin 1965

#71: "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty 1989

#70: "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley & the Wailers 1980

#69: "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath 1970

#68: "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder 1974

#67: "The End" by The Doors 1967

#66: "With or Without You" by U2 1987

#65: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel 1970

#64: "Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker 1962

#63: "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five 1982

#62: "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen 1963

#61: "London Calling" by The Clash 1979

#60: "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits 1978

#59: "Shake, Rattle and Roll" by Big Joe Turner 1954

#58: "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane 1967

#57: "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles 1967

#56: "Purple Rain" by Prince and The Revolution 1984

#55: "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan 1963

#54: "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen 1975

#53: "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard 1956

#52: "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson 1982

#51: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones 1965

#50: "Maybellene" by Chuck Berry 1955

#49: "The Times They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan 1964

#48: "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967

#47: "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin 1975

#46: "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969

#45: "Light My Fire" by The Doors 1967

#44: "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys 1966

#43: "The Weight" by The Band 1968

#42: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles 1968#41: "Black" by Pearl Jam 1991

#40: "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas 1964

#39: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2 1987

#38: "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974

#37: "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding 1968

#36: "Bo Diddley" by Bo Diddley 1955

#35: "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who 1971

#34: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen 1975

#33: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" by James Brown 1966

#32: "The Tracks of My Tears" by The Miracles 1965

#31: "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks 1964

#30: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana 1991

#29: "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley 1956

#28: "In My Life" by The Beatles 1965

#27: "Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream 1967

#26: "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones 1968

#25: "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd 1979

#24: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye 1968

#23: "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes 1963

#22: "My Generation" by The Who 1965

#21: "That'll Be the Day" by The Crickets 1957

#20: "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles 1959

#19: "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley and the Wailers 1974

#18: "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys 1966

#17: "All Along the Watchtower" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968

#16: "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd 1975

#15: "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley 1956

#14: "Yesterday" by The Beatles 1965

#13: "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones 1969

#12: "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen 1975

#11: "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison 1964

#10: "Hey Jude" by The Beatles 1968

#9: "One" by U2 1991

#8: "Hotel California" by The Eagles 1976

#7: "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye 1971

#6: "Let It Be" by The Beatles 1970

#5: "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan 1965

#4: "Layla" by Derek & the Dominos 1970

#3: "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry 1957

#2: "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin 1971

#1: "Imagine" by John Lennon 1971


1 comment:

  1. Interesting. Though I'd have to put Good Vibrations higher than 18, and God Only Knows higher than 44.

    I'm celebrating Brian Wilson's (and Beach Boys) 1966 work in the studio in my audioblog "Audio Eclecticism in the 60s." Take a listen at http://wp.me/p16jwI-1D

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